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From One Book To Running A Business As An Author With Johnny B. Truant
OLD POST ALERT! This is an older post and although you might find some useful tips, any technical or publishing information is likely to be out of date. Please click on Start Here on the menu bar above to find links to my most useful articles, videos and podcast. Thanks and happy writing! – Joanna PennJohnny B. Truant was last on the show 2 years ago, when he had written one novel in 12 years. How things have changed!
Now he's a full-time fiction author at RealmAndSands, with 12 series titles (or product funnels) under his belt, including sci fi epic, The Beam and the Unicorn Western universe. We talk about the process of writing fast, the mindset shift needed and plans to write a book live with Fiction Unboxed. In the intro, I mention my exciting experience at London Book Fair 2014, as well as my shifting strategy for the site and my writing life, plus the launch of ACX into UK, with the result that One Day In Budapest is now available in audio.
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Johnny B. Truant is the author of fiction across multiple genres, including the sci fi epic, “The Beam,” “Unicorn Western,” “Fat Vampire,” “Cursed,” and “The Bialy Pimps.” He’s also a podcaster at the SelfPublishingPodcast.com, along with Sean Platt and David Wright.
You can watch the video on YouTube here, or read the full transcript below. In the interview, we discuss:
* How things have changed for Johnny in the last 2 years
* The process of writing fast
* The mindset of writing fiction full-time
* Lessons learned from writing and publishing so much
* The role podcasting plays in Johnny's life
* The Fiction Unboxed Project
* How Johnny's degrees in genetics and philosophy impact his writing and research process
* How to go from being an author to running a business as an author
* The next two years of being an indie
Johnny B. Truant Interview Transcript
Joanna: Hi, everyone, I’m Joanna Penn from TheCreativePenn.com, and today I’m here with Johnny B. Truant. Hi, Johnny.
Johnny: Hey, Joanna, thanks for having me on again.
Joanna: It’s great to have you back on the show, and so much has changed. But just as a little introduction, Johnny is the author of fiction across multiple genres, including the sci fi epic, “The Beam,